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Photographic record of 2-day event October 2015 at University of Greenwich

By Matthias Neitzner

A group of school students from Dresden have been working with Matthias Neutzner to prepare a piece of theatre based on the stories of wartime they have heard from their grandparents and other older people. In October 2015, they came to London at the invitation of the European Reminiscence Network, to learn more about reminiscence theatre and to perform their work in progress.

They came to the University of Greenwich to perform alongside drama students from the University of Greenwich and older people from the Greenwich Pensioners Forum. All their plays were enjoyed by students and local older people. The Dresden school students also visited the Maritime campus of the University, hosted by the History department.

They also had the chance to participate in a practical inter-generational drama workshop with Pam Schweitzer, and to socialise with the older people from the pensioners' forum.

This photographic record by Matthias Neutzner follows their journey from Dresden to London and back and their experiences along the way.

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